LAC 46:I.2117
LAC 46:I.2117. Vacancies
Cite as La. Admin. Code tit. 46, pt. I, § 2117
A. Any vacancy occurring with respect to any person elected shall be filled in the following manner:
1. the executive director shall give notice of the vacancy to any person who has previously requested such notice in writing and to any architect previously nominated but not elected for the district in which the vacancy has occurred; and
2. the executive director shall also publish in the official journal of the state an advertisement which will appear for a period of not less than 10 calendar days:
a. the advertisement in the official journal of the state need not appear more than three times during the 10-day period;
b. the executive director may publish other such advertisements in his or her discretion;
c. the advertisements shall:
i. identify the district in which a vacancy has occurred; and
ii. state that any resident architect in that district holding a current Louisiana license desiring nomination:
(a). must furnish a nomination signed by not less than 10 resident architects holding a current Louisiana license by certified mail or email to the board office;
(b). that a sample of the nomination form may be obtained upon request from the board office, the deadline for filing the nomination; and
(c). any other information the board may consider necessary.
3. The deadline for filing a nomination to fill a vacancy shall be at least 10 calendar days subsequent to the expiration of the last advertisement appearing in the official journal of the state.
4. The board shall appoint one of the nominees to fill the vacancy, which appointee shall serve the unexpired term. If only one qualified architect submits a nomination to fill the vacancy, the executive director shall send a letter to that architect advising of his or her appointment to the Architects Selection Board, and no further board action shall be necessary to confer such appointment.
B. If the deadline for submission of nominations has passed and (i) the board has not received a nomination from a qualified architect for election to a district that will become vacant on September 15 or (ii) no architect has been nominated or elected to fill a vacancy on the Architects Selection Board that will occur on September 15 for some other reason, the board shall attempt to fill the upcoming vacancy by repeating the procedures described in the preceding Subsection.